Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday asked a federal judge in New York to order President Donald Trump to pay nearly $5 million in damages for a defamation case she won in 2023. 

Until earlier this month, Trump was waiting to release the money to see whether the Supreme Court would take up his appeal to reconsider the $5 million case. After the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the president’s bid to appeal, Trump’s legal team contacted Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, to ask if she would delay requesting the disbursement of the funds awarded to her by the 2023 jury, according to Kaplan. Kaplan said that the president’s attorney wanted more time so he could ask the court to reconsider its denial.